Tuesday, 18 February 2014

There has been a tiny bit of progress in the kids bathroom, finally.
Yes, we finally got our vanity doors and drawers.

Then we also put some new hardware on those doors and drawers.

There are still so many little things to do in here. Like a hand towel holder put on the wall.
We actually have it, it's just not on the wall.
And don;t even get me started on how much I want to rip out that tile in the shower!!

You don't even want to see inside those doors because we still need some roll out drawers, for organization.
Yes, the mirror still isn't on the wall. It drives me nuts but it's not a project that I can do on my own. That thing is crazy heavy!!!

Monday, 10 February 2014

Maybe I am crazy...well I know that I am a bit crazy. But I have been slowly trying to lighten and brighten our house.My next stop was Aiden's room. It was painted blue when we moved it. But it was soooo much blue! Blue curtains, blue bed, blue walls, blue everywhere! It felt so dark too.So I finally painted it a light gray. For some reason Aiden still thinks it's blue, so he's happy.Now I think it looks great. Light gray walls make the navy curtains and red details pop!

I made him his own red growth chart (as per his request). Once we finally hang it, it will look great!

He also loves his Ikea Expedit shelving unit. It stores all his Lego's, toys and books.

Aiden's favorite colour is red. He wanted a red room, but I just couldn't handle that. So I am trying to give him lots of red items.I would like to build him a desk where his dresser is. The dresser barely gets used anyway. I want to built custom shelves in his closet and have everything organized in there.

I would love to switch out his Ikea Kura bed for something else. But he loves it. He loves having the tent. He says he is nervous without out it ;)

So while I have lots of things that I would still like to do it here, for now it's "done".Aiden likes it and for those who know how picky that boy is, that is hard to do!!

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Abby's room sure has come a long way. When we moved in we painted it purple. Then about a year ago, I painted it a custom mix paint (I just mixed cans that I had). That is how it stayed for the last year. I never fully finished her room. I have finally "finished" it now. There are still some things I'd like to do, but for now it's done!

Last week I did the gold stars on her wall. This weekend I managed to get her canopy up.Now she has a canopy above her daybed. She calls it her "tent'.

I ordered the gold stars from Julia @ Cuckoo 4 Design. She is such a sweetheart to order from!!I love how the gold looks with the BM Lido Green paint.

Abby really loves it and that makes me incredibly happy!I made her a name sign for her wall. The pink wall lights were from Ikea a few years ago. Her bedding was from Ikea a few years ago. The navy sheets I just bought from Ikea.The curtains are Ikea Merete. I'd like to do something else to them one day. Possibly ribbon or pom pom trim. But no rush for that ;)She also need bamboo blinds on her windows.

I made her a navy growth chart for her room as well. We need to replace her closet doors and built proper organization inside her closet.

This is the other side of the room. I'd love to do some other things over here. But she loves playing with the huge doll house that she got for Christmas and her Barbie's.

So as long as Abby loves it, I am happy for now. She sure has come a long way from sleeping in our walk-in closet at our old house!

Am I nuts for the makeover?? Probably! But I don't care. Everyone I know thinks I've lost my marble with my re-decorating. But our house is finally feeling like "me". Light and bright!!The craziest part is every time I look at the wall colour (it is so pretty) I wonder if I should have painted it SW Sea Salt instead?I think I have a sickness. The problem is that I don't "love" it when I walk in. I will wait and see how everything else comes together first. But knowing me, I will probably change it one day when no ones I looking ;)Maybe now I can start on our room!